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assassinate
[uh-sas-uh-neyt]
verb (used with object)
to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously.
Synonyms:to destroy or harm treacherously and viciously.
to assassinate a person's character.
assassinate
/ əˈæɪˌԱɪ /
verb
to murder (a person, esp a public or political figure), usually by a surprise attack
to ruin or harm (a person's reputation, etc) by slander
Other 51Թ Forms
- assassination noun
- assassinative adjective
- assassinator noun
- unassassinated adjective
- ˌˈԲپDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of assassinate1
Example Sentences
Israel has struck dozens of targets across Iran, damaging the uranium enrichment plant at Natanz and assassinating top military commanders and nuclear scientists in Tehran.
But six months later, Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards in Delhi, and with her, the conversation abruptly died.
He was so proud of his military background that he was wearing a belt buckle with his Navy diver’s insignia the night he was assassinated.
He was assassinated 10 months after he was sworn in.
After he was assassinated in San Francisco City Hall in 1978, he became an icon of the gay rights movement, with images of his face becoming synonymous with the struggle for gay rights.
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